Purpose built in 1971 within the Turnpike Centre in Leigh, the gallery continues to provide an excellent venue for a range of temporary exhibitions. Focusing mainly on contemporary art, it presents a mix of local, regional, national and international artists,...

The local history gallery at Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive (including the permanent Humphrey Spender Worktown gallery) will be closed until 2010 while it is being refurbished. The Art Gallery, Egyptology Gallery, History Centre and Aquarium will remain open...

Hindley Museum explores the rich and fascinating area in which it stands, and has quickly become one of the first places that people go if they want to know more about the region. The collection is well arranged and made up of documents from a broad range of subjects...

The NMES was formed in 1966 by a small but extremely dedicated band of enthusiasts who decided that something had to be done to preserve the steam engines from the textile industries of Lancashire and Yorkshire before they were all scrapped. Of the thousands of...

The Museum is run by volunteers, chaired by Professor Donald Ritchie FRSE DL, and has re-established itself in new premises (provided by the North West England RFCA) in the Edge Lane area of Liverpool following the closure of the Liverpool Scottish HQ at Score Lane,...

Official home stadium for Bolton Wanders Football Club, offering daily tours. See the players' dressing room where your favourite players hang their shirts, or act out the Manager's role from the dug-out. Your tour will include a full insight into the day to day...

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is made up of a series of interactive features to immerse kids into a world where their imagination can run wild with creative inspiration at every turn. Featuring a whole host of exciting attractions from the Kingdom Quest ride to an...

Hall i’ th’ Wood was originally built as a half-timbered hall in the 16th century and was owned by wealthy yeomen and merchants. After 1697 the Hall was rented out to various tenants. It was during this period that a young Samuel Crompton came to live there with...

One of Bolton's original family homes, Smithills Hall is a Grade 1 listed building, full of history and drama. Containing fine examples of architecture through the ages, from Medieval and Tudor right through to Victorian times, the hall is set in formal gardens next...

The Heritage Centre is the permanent home of Horwich Heritage and a permanent exhibition is on display there for viewing by the general pubic on the above days and times.